Varaha Purana 81.65: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 65
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तपश्च कृतवती गौरी॥
tapaś ca kṛtavatī gaurī |
गौरी ने वहाँ तपस्या की थी।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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Austerity (tapas) is a major cultural motif across Sanskrit literature; its placement within geographic narration shows how landscapes become ‘charged’ with remembered practices.
The verse does not name a specific location; it continues the ‘there’ (tatra) setting of the surrounding passage.
The implied philosophical instruction is the valuation of disciplined practice (tapas) as a means of transformation and legitimacy within narrative traditions.
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